Tapping Wi-Fi icon immediately turns off Wi-Fi

Tapping Wifi icon ((( on status bar immediately toggles the WiFi to OFF. Vicious. Tahoe 26.1. Reproducible. No change after restart. Help.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.1

Posted on Nov 25, 2025 8:11 AM

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Posted on Nov 25, 2025 8:20 AM

Reproducible for you, but still an issue specific to a small number of people. For example, see:


macOS 26.1: Menu Bar Bluetooth Icon Toggl… - Apple Community


I suspect you have a 3rd party extension causing issues. See if the problem is present when you boot in safe mode, which disables 3rd party extensions and performs some system cleanup.

 

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

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Nov 25, 2025 8:20 AM in response to raider708

Reproducible for you, but still an issue specific to a small number of people. For example, see:


macOS 26.1: Menu Bar Bluetooth Icon Toggl… - Apple Community


I suspect you have a 3rd party extension causing issues. See if the problem is present when you boot in safe mode, which disables 3rd party extensions and performs some system cleanup.

 

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Tapping Wi-Fi icon immediately turns off Wi-Fi

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